Last Fall, I had the opportunity to join Mary Ann Lisi, from our Narragansett office, at the construction project for a new South County Habitat for Humanity home in Charlestown, RI. This home features handicap accessibility since the new owners’ son is in a wheelchair. Mary Ann worked with the “Thursday, All Women Crew” on the project and did so throughout the past year. According to Mary Ann, “This was a great group of very talented women ranging in age from 22 to 70 something. There was a lot of fun on this project and the experience was very rewarding. We did everything from framing to sheetrock, to trim work and floor installation.” 
The home was completed last month and a moving in ceremony was conducted with Rev. Lynn Baker-Dooley blessing each room at the Saturday, 26th of February, morning event. Lynn is the wife of URI President, David Dooley, and is an American Baptist minister. She was heavily involved in Habitat and other homeless matters when she was a minister in Helena, Montana. The construction supervisor, Ted Seymour, led the morning in Habitat fashion with an opening prayer, and opened the party to a packed Klondike Road residence. The Northup family is the proud owner of this LEED certified home which South County Habitat for Humanity has dubbed their “Official 20th Anniversary Home.” Besides working on the home, the Women’s Crew also won the Gingerbread House competition, which raised $1400 for the organization. Habitat will hold another fund raiser with check-in starting at noon on April 2, 2011 for a two mile walk around URI campus. It officially starts at 1:00 pm. They are trying to raise $80,000 through this effort called “Pound the pavement. Pound a nail.” The University of Rhode Island has set the goal to build one house near the URI campus and two houses in Haiti and Chile. They are half-way to reaching it, but still need your help!
The home was completed last month and a moving in ceremony was conducted with Rev. Lynn Baker-Dooley blessing each room at the Saturday, 26th of February, morning event. Lynn is the wife of URI President, David Dooley, and is an American Baptist minister. She was heavily involved in Habitat and other homeless matters when she was a minister in Helena, Montana. The construction supervisor, Ted Seymour, led the morning in Habitat fashion with an opening prayer, and opened the party to a packed Klondike Road residence. The Northup family is the proud owner of this LEED certified home which South County Habitat for Humanity has dubbed their “Official 20th Anniversary Home.” Besides working on the home, the Women’s Crew also won the Gingerbread House competition, which raised $1400 for the organization. Habitat will hold another fund raiser with check-in starting at noon on April 2, 2011 for a two mile walk around URI campus. It officially starts at 1:00 pm. They are trying to raise $80,000 through this effort called “Pound the pavement. Pound a nail.” The University of Rhode Island has set the goal to build one house near the URI campus and two houses in Haiti and Chile. They are half-way to reaching it, but still need your help! 
